On December 31st, FightWNS awarded Kyle Gabriel, a PhD candidate in Dr. Sidney Crow’s laboratory, a $5,000 grant for his white-nose syndrome research proposal, “Development of a Device for Treating White-Nose Syndrome Using Naturally-Occurring Volatile Compounds.” FightWNS, a 501(c)(3) public…
WNYC, New York’s public radio, recently interviewed Dr. Chris Cornelison about the ongoing research with white-nose syndrome. Read the article and listen to the interview, below. WNYC Article: Moldy Bananas May Hold the Secret to Saving Bats’ Lives
A few news articles documenting our current white-nose syndrome research have appeared in the news. We are currently preparing for winter treatment trials. Subscribe by email in the side bar to stay abreast on all of our news releases. Atlanta…
In collaboration with the Tennessee Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, PhD students Kyle Gabriel and John Neville of Georgia State University traveled to Tennessee on October 14, 2015, to install a humidity regulation system in a 13,000 ft3 artificial cave….
LaTina Emerson of Georgia State University’s Public Relations recently interviewed Dr. Chris Cornelison for a feature story about white-nose syndrome, titled “What’s Killing America’s Bats?” For the past two years, Cornelison has been working with scientists at the U.S. Forest…
Dr. Christopher Cornelison will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming white-nose syndrome lecture series, hosted by the EcoScapes Sustainable Land Use Program at University of Georgia’s Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant. The event is free and open to…
Summer Mashayekh Summer has been featured as Georgia State University’s Undergraduate Student Spotlight, for the month of July, 2015. Every month a new undergraduate is featured. Summer is a senior in the Biology department on a pre-veterinary track, and preparing…
On Tuesday, May 19th, bats that were treated for white-nose syndrome (WNS) were released back into the wild. This past winter’s experimental treatment has been heralded a success by researchers and federal wildlife management agencies. This marks the first time…
The Huffington Post recently published an article, “Bat Disease Epidemic Still Expanding Throughout North America” that details current white-nose syndrome impact and research. Read the full article at The Huffington Post The following is a correction to the article, in…
We’ve begun a limited treatment trial of snake fungal disease (SFD) with massasauga rattlesnakes, lead by Matt Allender at the Prairie Research Institute. In the photo below, Petri plates of induced cells of Rhodococcus rhodochrous DAP 96253 were placed in…
